Asda Milk Rip-off

frasersmum123

A 6 pint bottle at Morrisons has gone up from £2.12 to £2.35

uganda

Asda and the other supermarkets mentioned have a long history of deceit and abuse of market power behind them with many goods, but it has actually been proven in the case of milk. Prices of milk have gone up, and the latest price rise may well be perfectly fair, but it would be naive to presume they have passed this on to the farmer.

I buy my milk from local shops that get theirs from a small local farm. It is actually slightly cheaper than the supermarket, and tastes much fresher and nicer, and I know that the people who do the work get the money. Let the likes of DCFC79 get fleeced is my advice, and shop locally.

uktim29

uganda wrote: »

Let the likes of DCFC79 get fleeced is my advice, and shop locally.

If you buy everything locally that you once bought from a Supermarket your shopping bill will probably double!

uganda

Well actually it won't, and it doesn't. I do use supermarkets for some things, but I am very wary of their high prices and 'price-cutting' subterfuges, so tend to stick to things they're loss-leading in. Milk, bread, bacon, butter, cheese, meat are all examples of things that are not only cheaper locally, but of a much higher quality. Fruit and vegetables are nearly always cheaper from the market, and again, very often of a much higher quality. Some things are cheaper in the supermarket and just as good, and when that is the case I am not too proud to use them.

But my original point was just about milk, which is not something supermarkets necessarily do cheaply. Or fairly.

uktim29

Where do you get cheaper meat/bacon? Butchers always cost more. Theres 5/6 in the area I live (when travelling the prices are still the same), all of them are more expensive.

uganda

Cheaper meat and bacon, both of a magnificent standard, come from a local farm. I live in the suburbs of a large city (Leeds) so you don't have to live in the sticks to be able to take advantage of that. Also, although my nearest butcher is quite pricey (but excellent), there are several cheaper places within a 3-mile radius, all of which sell local meat more cheaply than our local Asda and Morrisons. Oh, and I forgot eggs. 6 large, free-range eggs, local Asda about £1.40-odd, local farm 80p.

I think you should open your own local butchers, it sounds like you'd undercut the competition with ease!

mymatebob

uganda wrote: »

Well actually it won't, and it doesn't. I do use supermarkets for some things, but I am very wary of their high prices and 'price-cutting' subterfuges, so tend to stick to things they're loss-leading in. Milk, bread, bacon, butter, cheese, meat are all examples of things that are not only cheaper locally, but of a much higher quality. Fruit and vegetables are nearly always cheaper from the market, and again, very often of a much higher quality. Some things are cheaper in the supermarket and just as good, and when that is the case I am not too proud to use them.

But my original point was just about milk, which is not something supermarkets necessarily do cheaply. Or fairly.

I would tend to agree on quality but price - no way

I buy my meat from a butchers or farmers market. I can get stuff much cheaper at a supermarket but choose not too. The bacon I buy in a supermarket as it is more expensive at my local farmers market, and this is directly from the supplier.

We have superb artisan bakers round about us, all much more expensive than supermarkets.

You are very lucky but I cannot afford to stop supermarket shopping for many things

geri1965_2

Barneysmom wrote: »

They can heavily discount beers wines and carp food, but stuff we all really need is going up.

Er, some people "really need" beers and wines.

uganda

Farmers markets are usually very expensive but excellent quality. But I'm not talking about farmers markets, I'm talking about local farms and local butchers - I get cheaper meat and eggs from here.

Milk comes from a local dairy farm but you have to buy it in local corner-shops. Even with their mark-ups, this milk (much higher quality) is cheaper than Asda and Morrisons (Asda £1.35 for 2 litres, my local corner-shop £1.20). I come from London originally and have lived in Glasgow and Lancashire as well as Leeds and I know my area is not the only one where the supermarkets can be beaten on price AND quality.

And I can't believe anyone who lives near a fruit and veg would even consider getting their greens at the supermarket!

uganda

Sorry, missed out the word 'market' after 'fruit and veg'!